Slope at a Pedestrian Crossing is So Steep, It Becomes a Hazard

You’d have seen it before: slope at a pedestrian crossing simply because there’s a kerb.

Usually, the slope isn’t that steep so that PMD riders can go up and down it, and deliver our food to us fastly.

Like this one near our office.

My calculation based on the formula of slope with e=mc2 y=mx+b shows that it’s safe for everyone, simply because it has always been that way.

In fact, every slope seems to be that way.

But last week, a listener told Capital 95.8FM, the radio station that your parents love, about one that’s so steep, this guy nearly had his head hit by cartons of Coke.

Here’s what you should know.

Tip-Off to Capital 95.8FM

So, apparently, there’s a segment in Capital 95.8FM whereby listeners would call in to provide scoops about…anything.

And someone called in to the radio station, claiming that a slope at a pedestrian crossing is way steeper than other slopes.

According to my CSI skills, he’s referring the traffic lights here:

And if you look at the image from Google Street View, it actually looks quite okay.

However, when the host went over, he witnessed this:

From the pond of water there, you can bet it’s rather steep. The host claimed that the slope is almost 45 degree.

From the video, you can also tell that the slope seems a tad steeper.

While able-bodied people would have no issue with the slope, people in a wheelchair might have difficulty going up or down the slope, and the elderly might lose their balance there.

When the host interviewed people around the area, all of them agreed that the slope is way too steep.

According to the listener, he had called in to LTA but so far, there hasn’t been any changes.

The host has since contacted the relevant authorities.

Here’s the video:

What You Should Do If You Come Across Something Like That

I’m not certain if calling the relevant authorities would help, since the term “relevant” is pretty general: is LTA in charge of that, or is SLA in charge of that? Or should the Town Council be involved? Maybe it’s the Ministry of Transport. It’s always the MOT’s fault, isn’t it?

This is when the OneService app comes in handy: you can submit a municipal issue and from there, you can track the status of your case. No more ping-pong-ing of your case to someone who’s not even in charge of your case!

You can download it here, and if you’re near the area, maybe you can do the folks there a favour by submitting this case…instead of calling a radio station?

And no, of course this article isn’t sponsored by OneService, of course.